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The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18

Forage crops, like cat-tail millet,
milo maize, kallir corn and sorghum,
may still be planted, but the land
should be proportionately better as
the planting Is later. We have had
no personal experience with milo
maize, but doubt if it is any better
for green-soiliug than the old stand
hy cat-tail millet. For curing into
hay for use by and by, the German
niliet and common corn answer
better, albeit the latter is very diff
cult to cure perfectly. The German
millett should be sown broadcast in
welI-brolsen land, and at the rate of
one half TO one bushel of seed per
acre. Sow the corn in drills three to
four feet apart, at the rate of three
bushels of seed per acre. The ordi-
nary popcorn is said to be excellent
for this purpose, ,--Ex.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18
Farmers and Mechanics.

Save money and Docter bills. Re
lieve your Mothers, Wives and Sisters
by a timely purchase of DR.. Bosan-
kos Cough and Lung Syrlp, the
best known remedy for Coughs,
Colds, Group and Bronchial aiiec-
tjons, Relieves Children of Group
in one night; may save you hundreds
of dollars. Price 50 cents and $l.00
Sample free. Sold by Hughes d
Nance. March lst I'm.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18
I.iniltnlsog Rel,ef.

Branum & Goodwin have something
that will cure Catarrh in 10 days;
relieve headache, toothache. collie in
man or beast instantly. When you
have bottle of Buchanan's Span
ish Lightning Relief in your house,
there il no need of going after Doc
tor in the night. Also for circula'
and see who uses the medicine.
nlch 6tf
The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18

a rattlesnake about twelve inches
in length sprang out Of a pouch on q
railway train in Georgia d few days
ago, and had general charge of the
postal car for some time, until 1t was
settled by the assistance Of some
passengers. Nobody could tell how
the reptile got into the mail pouch.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18
Cure for alck handaclae.

For proof that DR.. Gums Liver
Pills cure Sick Headache, Ask your
Druggist for q free tfial package.
Gily one for q dose. Regular size
boxes, 25 cents, Sold by Hughes d
Nance, March lst I'm
The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18

you wish to purchase q scholar.
ship for a full course Of short. hand
Instructions, cheap, apply 70 the ed.
tor ar this paper,
The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18
T)r Curs1's Liver Pills,

Removes constipation, prevents
malaria, cures dyspepsia, and gives
new life TO to the system. Only Que
for dose Free samples at Hughes
& Nance. Iapl,l Id
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
women Drink Saratoga water,

1t is an interesting sight to- sit for
fifteen minutes in front of the counter
where the water is handed out to
visitors. Especially is the sight inter-
resting during the forenoon, when the
regular visitors have crawledS out OF
sight in their rooms at the hotels and
thirty or fifty carloads of excursionists
pour into the park. Bilious-looking
Old men drink with more Of an effort
than all other comers. They invari-
ably gulp down half glassful OF
water, lean heavily on their canes or
place their disengaged hands over
their stomachs, I DIS ,theH ease
may be, roll their eyes spas
medically and act just as If they
feared the water would result in an
explosion on assirnilating with un-
known finds in the gastronomical re-
gions. Anon an old lady will force
down swallow on two; then she will
close her eyes, make wry faces, and
shakelher head after the manner that
a terrier shakes rat. An aged gen.
tleman was observed to declare that
the "Saratoga mineral waters didn'i
taste as good as the water in the old
we'll on the farm. Still another
grew indignant and announced that nc
would not be imposed upon. "Needn't
think cause I look seedy," he shouted
with righteous wrath, "that l am
fool. want some of the gennewine
Congress spring water. Recken keI
tell mineral water from slop when
taste it."-[Saratoga Correspondence
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
He KNOW. This Trick Now.

"Have any of you found q bank
note ?" inquired a man in wild excite
ment as he hurriedly approached q
knot of loungers at the Union depot
yesterday morning. :.
''Have you lost one ?" asked an ell
derly stranger of bland and sedate ap-
pearance.
eyes, yes; have you found it"
"Wait a moment. What was its de-
nomination
"It was $50 bill-National bank
note"
The stranger leisurely drew roll of
bills from his pocket, looked them
over, took one out and passed it over
to the excited individual, remarking
with much urbanity as he did SO:
..sIt is well for you, my friend that
it was found by an honest man. l
picked it up few. minutes ago and /
take pleasure in giving it back to you
what l am satisfied is your property"
Thank you, sir, thank you. It'smy
turn now to do the fair thing. Here's
ten-dollar bill. You shan't return
it. Take it, sir; take it, or I shall
feel hurt" ~s
t'The stranger, thus urged, took the
money, and the grateful individual
walked off with the $50. He was con-
siderably surprised to learn a few
hours later that the bill was not the
one he had lost at all, but counter
felt. He is now looking for the bland
and elderly stranger, but there are
reasons for doubling his success in
finding him.-(Chicago Tribune
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
One Dollar for the tsKnow now.,,

"Will you please saw this ring off
my finger?"
1t was an old woman who made this
remark to a Broadway jeweler, and
as the worker in gold and silver took
the wrinkled though fat and shapely
hand in his, it trembled violently and
tear dropped upon the counter.
Excuse me-" continued the old
lady, "but it is my wedding ring.
have never had it off since I was mar
ried-forty-five years ago. have re-
Trained from having it cut, hoping
that my finger might get thinner and
that / could take it off without break
ing it."
"And what if I can remove it with
out cutting?" inquired the jeweler.
"But can you?" said she, looking
up in half credulous way. eff you
can, do Thy all MEANS" e.
I Then the jeweler took the swollen
finger and wound it round from the
top downward in length of fiat rub
Der braid. The elastic cord exerted
its force upon the tissues of the finger
gently and gradually, until the flesh
Scciucu " po publCu uOWu W tuc
bone. The old woman's hand was
then held above her head for a brief
interval. Then the bandage was
quickly uncorded and rewound about
the member. This was repeated
three times, and finally it was found
upon uncovering the finger that it was
small enough to admit of the rings
being removed with ease.
81 have never failed but once, said
the jeweler, "and I have removed
many rings from fingers even more
swollen than yours. Do charge for
it? Oh, yes. L ask the same amount
/ would get if the ring was left to be
mended after being cut-$1. Thank
you'll" and as he turned to his bench
and the old woman left the store he
added: "But, after all, she might
have done the same thing herself. It's
not the work, however, 1 charge for;
it's the know how. .'"-(Mah and
Express.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02

OF citizenship should at least hold his
tongue and curb his pen instead oi
forcing his counsel and his grievances
upon the consideration of those whose
duties and obligations he is unwilling
to share.
Mr.. Davis turns his back upon the
Union as it is, and is at war with set
tied and Interchangeable facts. If he is
right, then j. E. Johnston, the Lees,
Gordon, ,Beauregard, CoIquitt, Nichols,
Butler, Hampton, McGowan, the
Vances, Payne, Cockrell, and all the
long line of Confederate soldiers and
statesmen--saving himself--are utter
ly and meanly wrong. The News
and Courier has gone farther
than any other newspaper in
the United States in asserting the
rightfulness of Secession and the alb
solute justice of the Southern cause
1t has never allowed denial of this
to pass unchallenged. 1t has been SO
faithful to the Confederacy that it is,
even to this day, denounced as a
"rebel newspaper" Year after year
it has told the story of the glory of the
OOyc WIZ WIZ tHc gray, UuI IL ID uOC
a blind worshiper of Mr.. Davis. In
its eyes the ex-Confederates, in
their sufferings, in their struggles, in
their proud success, are more thou
sandfold than Mr.. Davis was or is
and whenever the idiosyncracies of
Mr.. Davis, or his weaknesses, conflict
with the barefooted boys of twenty
years ago it will say SO unhesitating-
ly and without caring a jot for the
sneers or abuse of persons who
were safe in their cradles or in
official bomb-proofs when the fight for
the Confederacy was made and lost.
The. cause of the ex-Confederates
to-day is the cause of the United
States. The United States is their
country. They have no other and
want no other.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
PLAIN TALK TO JEFF DAVIS.
Advised By a Confederate Jour
nal tn BECOME a Citizen.

The Charleston, s. c., News and
Courier has given some plain advice
to Jefferson Davis, which shows
that Editor Dawson has come to the
full belief that the war is over. 1t
saws that the aged dweller at Beauvoir
is simply Confederate sign-post and
that it is his own fault that he is "a
man without country" It reminds
MIR, Davis that hc owes more to
the South than the South can ever
owe to him, and that if he goes
to Atlanta to meet President Cleve-
land, he will be untrue to the people
who were always true to him, for he
will put himself in position to injure
them by furnishing material for politi-
cal war to the enemies of the Southern
states. The paper then continues:
It is incontestable that Mr.. Davis
can go where he pleases and say what
he likes. The abstract right is not in
the question. But Mr.. Davis is a
relic Of the past and belongs to the
past, and the safest place for
him is on his plantation at
Beauvoir. There is nothing in
his career to make him, es-
pecially noteworthy excepting his
election as President of the Confed-
crate States and his subsequent
experiences. It is therefore as ex-
President Of the Confederacy that he
is wined and dined and invited to
make speeches. When he speaks he
is more likely than not to say
what is irritating, and therefore
and, though he were to utter the
loftiest sentiments, he would be re-
garded as insincere, for the simple fact
that his words and his acts are not in
accord. The man who declines to be
an American citizen and who takes
pride in avoiding the responsibilities
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
Am Embarassm ems Of virtues.

A little girl. wishing to make her
father present, was very much at
fault to know what to buy for the pur-
pose. After puzzling her brain consider
ably, and getting what suggestions she
could from the other members OF the
family, she finally went to her mother,
in despair, and said: "Only think,
mamma, I don't know what to get
papa for Christmas present. he
don't smoke, nor drink, nor nothing"
Il Eastern Argus.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
Musical Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED, MUS. DOC, FROM
Kings College, Cambridge, England, >,
will be glad to receive students on the piano,
violin and in the cultivation of the voice in
the artistic English, French and Italian
styles A varied experience of thirty-five
years is respectfully offered to the public.
For terms and circulars please apply at resi-
dence, 435 South Fort street.
sl3-im c. G. ST. CLAIR.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
FOR SALE! /!
MASQUERADE COSTUMES

NEW AND HANDSOME PRIZE SUITS,
| IN For catalogues and price apply to MRS
TREGELLAS, $40 Market St., San Francisco
| or H. @. WYATT, Manager Opera House, L
Angeles. sep5-imo
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
LESS THAN HALF PRICE
The Unshin orange Trees.

The Unshin orange Trees.
OF Japan, will be furnished by GEN. J. H.
FOUNTAIN, of riverside, our General Agent
for southern California, for the season of
1888, at u ,on
The most hardy Orange trees In the world,
with choice seedless fruit Send for circulars.
ORIENTAL IMPORTING COY.
sep1s-tf
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
SOUTH RED LANDS

4 A PART OF THE BIG PURCHASE AT SOUTH
"A Red Lands is now subdivided and on the market.
This land POSSESSES THE SAME QUALITIES as
Red Lands in character of soil and climate being be-
tween twelve and fifteen hundred feet higher than Colton
and Immediately on the S. P. r. R--wherea Station
and Depot is to beocated adoins Red Lands prope
on the South Abundance of PURE MOUNTAIN
WATER to be piped over the land. A small townste
of two hundred lots has been laid out, TWENTY-FIVE
Of which already sold before the maps out The
balance laid out in five and ten tracts with wide
avenues Will be placed the market at the low rate
of $3.50 per lot and $3.50 per cash. bal
ance in IL and 18 months at Sper cent interest Should
any remain unsod after the LIST prox prices win be ad
vanced.
A. E. DITCH, Agent, 236 N. Main Street
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-02
CHEAP F: CITY I: LOTS
r,rs Flne Lss., 4ozI4o E.eh,

On Third Street. Mills & wick's subdivision.
These lots are on the line OF business i'm
provement between the Santa Fe and the
new Southern Pacific depots Apply to NJ
F. Pauly, In Mills, Crawford & Fields oiIi &c,
l8 Court street. 7iy6-tf
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
McENERY IN PLaQUEMINES.
He is Enthusiastically Indorsed-A Grand
Democratic Rally ut Pointe- ala

He is Enthusiastically Indorsed-A Grand
Democratic Rally at Pointe-a-la-
Hsclle.
Last Sunday very large Democratic meet
ing was held at Buras Settlement, in the par
ish of Plaquen,ines.
About I p. m. the steam propeller W. M.
Wood steamed down. She had on board from
the upper wards of the parish 100 DEM
ocrats (the full number of passengers she
is allowed to carry and the lugger Dexter,
towed by her, carried half as many more. The
Pointe-a-la-H ache brass band. led by Prof.
Robt. Hingle, and the Home Place, or tri-
color brass band, led by Prof. Louis Lapo-
taire, volunt: cred their services. Both bands
united and produced excellent music. Many
people from the tenth ward came in bugg;es
and on horseback; others crossed over from
the opposite side OF the river in skitfs, and
when the meeting was called to order there
were present at least 500 Democratic voters,
and over 100 ladies end children.
At 9 p. M Mr.. NJ. i. BaLnon announced
from the large platform erected on the
grounds OF Capt. Thomas Lewis thai, this
persons claiming to be Democrats were vel
coined; that there was to be no restriction to
any faction OF party III speech OF debate, but
al! we're welcome to speak.
Capt. -om Lewis Vas unanimously elected
president OF the meeting and Mr.. Frank Lo-
ry, Jr, secretary. Capt. Lewis is president of
the Tenth Ward McEnery Club.)
The vice presidents elected were Messrs
Thomas Lyons president Of the Ninth Ward
McEnery Club, Uriah Kieger, Richard Fran
CHS, Paul Carlini, Dick Wright, Jr president
Of the Fourth Ward hlcEnery Club, John
Bowers, George Crombie, John Wise, Carlos
D'Earmas, +. ROsenbrock, NJ. Z. Bannon and
Leon Martin.
Messrs. Clement Bulot, Armand Durel,
Richard Bulot, A. P. Albert. Mark Cogner-
vich and DR.. W. B. Booth we're invited to
seats on the platform.
After thanking the assemblage for the
honor conferred on him, President Lewis in
troduced as the first speaker
MIR. JAMES WILKINSON,
district attorney Of the, district, who made
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
BREAKING DOWN THE COLOR
LINE.

In another column is published the
official correspondence relative to the
suppression Of the negro militia CON-
pany, under command of the notorious
Lewis Benjamin, which outraged the
parish Of Lafourche in 1S76-1S77. and
whose existence was maintained by
Gov. Nichols notwithstanding the ear
nest and indignant protests of the peo-
pie Of the town of Thibodaux and par
ish of Lafourche. This negro COM
pany continued in existence, a stand
ing menace to the peace Of Lafourche,
until near the close of Gov. Nichols
term, when it voluntarily disbanded,
and its members scattered throughout
the State, taking the arms and accou-
trements belonging to Louisiana with
them.
The refusal of Gov. Nichols to dis
band this aggregation Of miscreants,
whose ruf1ianiy character is set forth
in the testimony of Mr. Michelet, chair
man of the Democratic executive COM
mittee of Lafourche, was in direct align
ment with his famous policy to break
down the color line, as announced to
Senator Wayne McVeagh and others of
the Hayes commission, sent to Louis
lana to investigate the status of affairs.
1t was also in line with his further ac-
ton in Tensas, when he criticised and
condemned the action of the white peo-
pie Of that and adjoining parishes for
taking steps to protect their property
from the hungry horde that had SO long
preyed upon them.
AS in Tensas, the attempt to "break
down the color line" in Laeourche, for
tunately for the people of those parishes
and of the State, did not succeed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

Bob" himself, who retired some
months ago to the Gulf coast, but
who returns to-day full-hedged and
violent reformer, shouting "Down with
the ring" and appealing to every patri-
otto Louisianian to join in the noble
cause of reform, whose bannerhe bears.
The big Four's" reformation is moth
ing as compared with Col. Bob's trans
formations. It's equal is not to be
found outside of fairy book.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
THE COTTON CROP.
REPORT OF ITS CONDITION FOR
SEPTEMBER.
The Top Crop Generally Destroyed by
Dry Weather-A Further Reduction
of the Average.

Cotton World
The prominent feature of the last month
has been the almost unbroken continuation
of dry. warm weather over pretty much the
entire belt, forcing the fruit to maturity and
enabling rapid gathering of the staple. and
at the same time destroying, except in few
sections. any prospect for top crop. As o
result Of such conditions the quality of the
product grades high, though in localities
there is some complaint of recent heavy rains
damaging the cotton, and in others Of the
Ilne trash from depredations ay worms.
Many of our correspondents allude to the
unusual lightness of the staple, and the diff
Guilty OF making the usual weight of bales.
up well, while in Mississippi also the prepon-
dcrance of reports indicate an improved yield
over last year. The other States all show
greater depreciation from last month, being
more marked in Tennessee and Arkansas.
Picking will be virtually over through the
larger part of the belt before the close Of O.
ftober, and even in those sections extending
beyond that time the picking season will end
much earlier than usual,
with cOmporioon. Hs>-'SNS
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
SUPPLEMENT-.
SOUTH LOUISIANA.

~, New Orleans TMEs-DEMooRAT
80 &c Gov. Nichols and his party have
w ,Ioted the canvass of the Sixth
s0 Oh Tbird Congressional districts, and
~ su-o now moved on the Fourth. The
10 r,1t oftheir campaign in the Sixth is
'' matter of history. They entered
sat district upon the opening of the
e,cressional campaign and camped in
.rorv portion of it, enticing the people
lam their homes with barbecues asal
sasboring them with reform" SANDER
.ttbe Democratic administration. The
iistriet was theirs in 1888 by 105 ma
nritv. and they were confident of sue
...s In fact, they Gained that Gen.
Nicbolls had swept through it like a
,OrnDdo, carrying everything before
him and Gov. MeEnery and his friends
hadbeen completely annihilated. Well,
ha day for the convention TO meet at
,.st arrived, and it was found that the
Nichols forces had been utterly routed,
ahorse, foot and dragons" Where
,bey had over 40 votes in 1883 they
,ound themselves VITA meagre 10 in
1887.
Dazed by this overwhelming defeat,
ihe Nichols claquers were silent for a
tine, and then they again became vo-
eIierous in their claims. This time it
VAS the Third District that Gen.
Nichols was sweeping like tornado.
Everywhere the people were rising and
bailing the reform" conqueror! Great
crowds hung upon his utterances, and
whole parishes were solid for him!
When he finished his triumphal march
through the district the badly scat
tered McEnery men pulled themselves
together, took long breath and dis
covered that it was not so much OF a
cyclone after all. They counted noses
and found that they we're all there, un-
harmed by the torrent Of denunciation
and abuse that had been hurled at
them. Upon further investigation they
found that they were even stronger
than before. The Nichols tour was
not tornado after all. TWAS a boom
erang. People who had been disposed
to favorably consider Gen. Nichols
candidacy had been Disguised by the
eeaseless and causeless abuse Of the
Democratic State government by the
small fry orators who We're in the cam
paigning party. The effect was that
they had determined to resent the
SANDERS in the most conclusive man
ner-by voting fer McEnery delegates
10 the State convention.
A careful survey of the field in the
Third District leads to the irresistible
conclusion that the Nichols forces will
be even more badly routed than they
have already been in the Sixth Dis
trict. Gov. McEnery hal an over
vhslming majority Of the delegates
from the Third in the last State con-
yention. The indications are that that
majority will be materially increased
in the coming convention. Everywhere
the McEnery lines are steady, and are
marching to certain victory, gaining
aecessions as they move forward. :.
There was never much hope Tor the
''reformers" In the Third District.
Their recent campaign has completely
shattered what little they had.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
A "REFORM" WATERLOO.
The Result in the Sixth District Magnifi
cent McEnery Victory.
New Orleans Times Democrat.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
The very first battle of the ''reformersr is
Waterloo. Napoleon had many victories to
celebrate before his forces We're scattered and
dispersed forever upon the Belgian fields.
Not 80 the reformers. They selected their
field of battle, they prepared for the fight
weeks in advance and for nearly month
were getting themselves into position only to
De overwhelmingly defeated and routed-in
the Baton Rouge convention.
The action of the convention, the candi-
date selected unanimously, show what a
Waterloo was that which the reform forces
with Nichols at their. head surrounded by
his chief lieutenants, have met with.
There was no reason why .'the refornersn
should have forced the gubernatolial cleo
excuse they make is that they were strong in
that tl {. district, stronger than anywhere else
it in 1888 and fla tered themselves that they
could do this again., In the last guberna-
torlal convention Gen. F. T. Nichols re-
ceived 40M votes from the delegates from
the sixth district, and Gov McEnery but
30A, the vote by parishes being as follows:
NYs